Zheng Xiu's scream not only startled the black shadow, but also called out Zheng Yu who was in the house.
Zheng Yu rushed out in his slippers.
The black shadow beside the black dog ran away at once.
Zheng Xiu stood there, too scared to move.
"Sister, what's wrong? What is it?"
Zheng Xiu swallowed hard, and it took a while for her to speak: "I just saw a black shadow over there." She gestured as she spoke, "It was this big. It ran away when I shouted. I don't know what it is. It looks like a little beast."
Zheng Yu was brave enough to take the oil lamp from the house and go to the black dog to check.
The black dog lay there lazily, without even blinking.
Zheng Yu said, "There's nothing. Sister, come and take a look."
Zheng Xiu bravely went over, and indeed there was nothing. But she also noticed that the bowl next to the black dog was half empty, and some water was spilled around it.
Could it be that it was a wild animal that came to steal food just now?
That's not right. The black dog at home is so fierce to people, let alone a wild animal that shares its food.
Zheng Xiu was still frightened, so she called Zheng Yu back to the house and reminded him to lock the doors and windows before going to bed at night. If you hear any noise again at night, don't go out of the room alone.
Because of this incident, Zheng Xiu didn't sleep well all night.
The first thing she did when she got up the next day was to check at the door.
The black dog was still lying there.
It was dark last night and I couldn't see clearly. Now that it's daybreak, I can clearly see a row of shoe prints at the door of my house. However, they are not the size of an adult, but the small shoe prints of a child.
It turns out that it was not a wild animal last night, but a child!
Zheng Xiu was not afraid now, but she felt a little uncomfortable.
It is true that the harvest has been bad in recent years. Most of the families in the village are farmers. They rely on the weather for their food and there is no surplus food.
But there are actually children who come to steal the dog's food... I guess they wouldn't be like this if they were not very hungry.
While she was lost in thought, Zheng Yu had already put on his clothes and started to complain about being hungry.
In the morning, they still had porridge, but Zheng Yu was a little reluctant, "I've been drinking it for three days. When will it stop?"
Zheng Xiu rolled her eyes at him, "Drink it until the end of Laba."
This made Zheng Yu wail non-stop.
After breakfast, Zheng Yu went out to have fun while Zheng Xiu cooked bone soup on the stove.
Not long after the bones were stewed, the aroma wafted out.
A small figure groped towards the door of Zheng's house.
The black dog saw him and barked twice happily, wagging its tail attentively.
The child touched its head, and the black dog turned around and pushed the bowl in front of him.
The bowl still contained the leftover laba porridge from last night, which had now frozen into a lump.
The child squatted down and held the bowl, sniffing the faint fragrance in the air, and his stomach growled twice.
Zheng Xiu had always been wary of outsiders, and when she heard the dog barking, she had already reached the door of the main room.
Seeing a child at the door, she didn't want to scare him away again, so she didn't say anything.
At this time, she saw that the child wanted to drink the remaining Laba porridge from last night. She hurried out to stop him -
"Don't drink it!"
As soon as she said that, the child wanted to run away again.
Zheng Xiu was an adult after all, so she ran up and grabbed the person in three or five steps.
The child in front of her was about the same age as her brother. He was wearing an animal skin jacket whose original color could not be seen. His hair was messy and his face was dark. His eyes were bright and lively.
He wanted to run again, but Zheng Xiu was quite experienced in dealing with her brother, so she grabbed him by the back of the collar and refused to let go.
Seeing that he couldn't get away, the child stopped running and stopped and said, "I don't want to do anything. I just came to see my Ji Lei."
"Ji Lei?" Zheng Xiu tilted her head, and then glanced at the black dog wagging its tail beside her, "Is this dog yours?"
The child nodded.
"Then you want to take it back?"
The child nodded again, but immediately shook his head and said, "I'll leave it at your house first, and I'll come back for it later."
Zheng Xiu thought about it and guessed that the child's family couldn't afford to keep a dog, so he couldn't take it back.
Zheng Xiu finally softened her heart and dragged him into the house.
The child began to struggle again, "What are you doing? What are you doing?"
Zheng Xiu shouted softly, "Shut up!"
The child really shut his mouth obediently.
Zheng Xiu dragged him to the dining table, "Sit down, don't move."
The child did as he was told.
Zheng Xiu went to the stove to get a bowl of porridge, and some side dishes, and served them to him.
The child was really hungry, and he wolfed down a large bowl of porridge in a short time.
"Drink slowly, there's more in the pot. I'll serve you more after you finish."
After he finished one bowl, Zheng Xiu served
him another. He drank three bowls in a row before putting down the bowl. After eating, Zheng Xiu took a handkerchief and wiped his face.
The child took the handkerchief and wiped it casually in a few seconds. His face was not wiped clean, and the black and white were clearly like a cat.
Zheng Xiu found it funny and turned to wipe his face clean.
The child seemed to be not used to her behavior, but he still endured it and didn't hide.
After wiping his face clean, Zheng Xiu looked at him carefully. The boy in front of her was quite handsome, but he was indeed unfamiliar. The child seemed to be a little afraid of her, and he dodged unconsciously when he met her gaze.
"Where do you live? Where are your parents?" Zheng Xiu wanted to send him back.
The child pursed his lips and said nothing.
"You were the one who came back with me yesterday, weren't you?"
The child nodded.
Zheng Xiu asked again, "What's your name?"
"My name is Xue Shao." This was an answer.
Zheng Xiu recalled carefully, and it seemed that there was no family with the surname Xue in the village.
Before she knew it, Xue Shao had jumped off the bench and ran towards the door.
This time Zheng Xiu was caught off guard and could not catch up with him.
Xue Shao ran to the yard and bumped into Zheng Yu who was just returning home.
Zheng Yu immediately asked loudly: "Who are you? Why are you running to my house?"
Xue Shao ignored him and wanted to leave.
Zheng Yu grabbed him and shouted at him sister.
Zheng Xiu walked out quickly and saw that the two were already fighting.
Just when she was about to stop him, Xue Shao, who was being held by Zheng Yu, suddenly went limp and fell down...
Looking at Xue Shao lying on the ground, Zheng Yu quickly explained, "Sister, I didn't hit him, he fell down by himself!"
Zheng Xiu had a headache. This brat of hers was really good at causing trouble! Thinking of this, she went forward and picked up Xue Shao.
The child looked about the same age as her brother, but she found him very light.
Xue Shao's clothes were very dirty, and he couldn't be put directly on the bed, so Zheng Xiu took off his animal skin jacket.
After taking it off, she found that he was only wearing a thin layer of clothes inside. It was so cold, and he didn't even wear a padded jacket.
Zheng Xiu put the child on the bed, and asked Zheng Yu to call a doctor.
There was an old doctor who had retired from the town in the village, and he lived not far from Zheng's house. Zheng Yu soon invited him over.
The old doctor felt the child's pulse, touched his goatee and said, "He is weak and hungry. His condition is fine, and he will be fine after two days of rest."
Zheng Yu interrupted and said, "Look, look, I said it wasn't me who beat him."
Zheng Xiu rolled her eyes at her and gave the old doctor ten big coins as a consultation fee.
The old doctor had a good relationship with Zheng Ren, and the two families were only a few steps away, but he still refused to accept it. Zheng Xiu insisted on giving it to him, and he accepted it.
After sending the doctor away, Zheng Xiu went to the stove to get some hot water, and found Zheng Yu's clean clothes, and helped Xue Shao wipe his body and put them on.
Zheng Yu looked at her with a sour look on his face, "Sister, why are you so nice to him? Who is he?"
Zheng Xiu said, "It's not someone, but the owner of the black dog."
Zheng Yu asked hurriedly, "Then he wants to take the dog back, right? Why would he want to take the dog back? Didn't the doctor say he was hungry? He can't even eat enough, so he'll starve the dog to death."
Zheng Xiu slapped him, "Isn't it all your fault?" If he hadn't made the man faint, why would she have to do anything? Zheng
Yu stuck out his tongue and said nothing.
When Xue Shao woke up, it was already evening.
The room was warm and the air could still smell the sweet smell of meat. He slept in a strange bed.
He fumbled to get up and found that his clothes had been changed.
His animal skin jacket was lying on the head of the bed. He got up and put it on, then quietly left the house.
Outside the house was a yard, and he recognized it as the place he had been to during the day.
It was snowing outside, and everything was quiet.
There was a light on in the main room. As he approached, he heard a gentle female voice: "Go and see if he is awake. The bone soup is ready."
Then another boy said unwillingly: "Why give him such good food? We don't often drink bone soup." Then there was a sound of "ouch". The boy said: "Okay, okay, I'll go, you hit my head again."
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